DualShock 4 to be fully compatible with Steam. Including APIs

Valve has announced that they will soon roll out a Steam update which enables full customisation to controllers other than the Steam Controller, PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 will be the first one. They have also shown footage of the DS4 while playing DOOM on Steam.

“This means that players can pair their PS4 controller directly to their PC and use all the configurability options available to the Steam Controller, including use of the PS4 touchpad and gyro,” said Valve’s Jeff Bellinghausen.
“Believe it or not, when you use the PS4 Controller through the Steam API, it’s exactly the same as a Steam Controller. You make the exact same API calls, you only get actions, not inputs, and the Steam API takes care of everything.”

He also explained why Valve chose to offer support for the DualShock 4 first, over say the Xbox One pad.

Well, not only is it a really nice, high quality controller, but it’s also got a gyro and a touchpad, so it’s got a lot of overlapping functionality with the Steam Controller. Also, existing native support for the PS4 controller on the PC is a bit weak; in this case Steam itself is communicating directly with the device so everything that’s nice and reliable,” he said.